ELWOOD
BEARINT was born in Philadelphia around 1906, the oldest child of Edward
Bearint and his wife Clara. The family moved to the Cramer Hill section
of Camden NJ around 1915, the elder Bearint working as a rigger in one
of Camden's many shipyards. By the end of 1919 the family owned a home
at 1019 North 26th
Street.

Elwood
Bearint grew up playing a lot of baseball, and in his day was considered
one of Camden's top players. A left-handed pitcher who could also hit
and play the outfield, he was signed by Connie Mack's Philadelphia
Athletics and sent to one of their minor league affiliates.
Unfortunately, an injury to his pitching arm ended Elwood Bearint's days
as a pitcher and major league prospect. He was a fixture for years in
the semi-pro leagues in and around Camden, and was a member of Cramer Hill's famed
Defiance
Athletic Club baseball team. The 1923
Defiance
team, won 32 games against
only 8 losses and three ties. His younger brother, Paul
Bearint,
also was well known in Camden semi-pro baseball. Paul
Bearint was signed
by the Yankees and he roomed with Yogi Berra in the minors, and played four seasons
in the Philadelphia Athletics farm system. Another brother, Chuck
Bearint, also
played minor league baseball just after World War II.

Elwood
Bearint went into the roofing business. He worked out of his home at 950
North
33rd Street in Cramer Hill,
where he lived with wife. the former Marie Mayer, and children David and Anne.

Elwood
Bearint
was in Bellmawr NJ on business when he died from an aneurism on August 30, 1954.

Elwood
Bearint, 48, a roofer and sheet metal worker, who was active in Camden
semi-pro baseball a number of years ago, died on Monday afternoon.

He
was stricken while on business
in Bellmawr, and was taken by the Bellmawr Fire and Rescue Squad
ambulance to the West Jersey Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on
arrival.

Mr.
Bearint was a native of Philadelphia and lived in Camden 39 years. His
home and office were at 950 North 33rd Street. At one time he was a
mechanic in the Camden police garage. He was a member of Trimble
Lodge, No. 117 Free and Accepted Masons.

Played
in Cramer Hill

Mr.
Bearint began his baseball career in the section of Camden known as
Cramer Hill when there was a baseball field in every block. He was a
southpaw pitcher and also played in the outfield.

He
attracted the attention of Connie Mack and he was sent to one of the
farms of the Athletics. His future in the big leagues seemed assured
until an accident to his arm destroyed all chance as a moundsman.

When
the Camden police baseball team was organized, Mr. Bearint was asked to
join it, and he was one of the biggest assets the team had. His powerful
hitting attracted the attention of several minor league scouts and he
received many tempting offers which were refused as he preferred to end
his baseball career on the lots where it had started.

Services
Friday

He
had played on the old Defiance Team, the Camden East Side A.A. team in
the Camden County League, and with the Twelfth Ward and the Riverton
teams. He also had played with Chambersburg PA in the Blue Ridge League.
He also had played baseball with York PA, and had played basketball with
the Defiance team in Camden and with Camden Police.

Surviving
are his widow, Marie A.; a son, David E.; a daughter, Miss Anne M.; his
father, Edward, of Wildwood; four brothers, Edward J. of Brooklawn,
Howard of Ocean View, and Pal M. and Charles of Camden, and six sisters,
Mrs. Tina Hopkins, of Gloucester, Mrs. Katherine Glander, of Blackwood;
Mrs. Claera Shinn, of Haddon Heights; and Mrs. Margaret Hoffman,
Mrs. Lillian Seidelman, and Mrs. Rose Baltake, of Camden.

Services
will be held 1:00 PM Friday in the Davies Funeral Chapel, 4522 Westfield
Avenue, Pennsauken, where a viewing and Masonic services will he held
Thursday night. Burial will be in Locustwood Memorial Park.